Last week, we began our analysis of the frequency and length of concurrences since 2000. This week, we’ll be looking at the Court’s most recent history – 2008-2015. We’ll begin today with the civil docket.
For the years 2008 through 2011, the most frequent author of concurrences on the Court was Justice Werdegar. Since that
Yesterday, we analyzed the Justices’ concurrences in civil cases between 2000 and 2007. Today, we turn our attention to the Court’s criminal cases between 2000 and 2007.
Concurrences were on a downward slope during these years. The Court’s most busy year was 2000, when there were 28 concurrences filed in criminal, quasi-criminal and juvenile matters.
Last week, we completed our analysis of which Justices of the Court have written the most (and least) dissents on both the civil and criminal sides of the docket since 2000, and which Justices tend to write the longest dissents. So the obvious follow-up is to look at concurrences. On the one hand, there are
Yesterday, we reviewed the California Supreme Court’s dissents in civil cases between 2008 and 2015. Today, we turn to the Justices’ dissents in criminal cases for the same years.
Justice Kennard led the Court in 2008 and 2009, writing 6 dissents in criminal cases each year. In 2008, Justice Chin wrote two dissents and Justice
Last week, we began our analysis of the Justices’ dissents in civil and criminal cases, looking at the years 2000 through 2007. Today, we turn to the dissents in civil cases between 2008 and 2015.
We begin in Table 130 below with the number of dissents written each year by each Justice. In 2008, Justices
This week, we’re turning our attention to a new subject, tracking which Justices most often dissented, year by year, and which Justices tended to write the longest and shortest dissents. Yesterday, we reviewed the Justices’ dissents in civil cases between 2000 and 2007. Today, we review the Justices’ criminal dissents for the same years.
In
Last week, we wrapped up our analysis of the California Supreme Court’s history with amicus briefs. Today, we begin a new topic, tracking which Justices have most frequently dissented, and which Justices tend to write, year by year, the longest and shortest dissents.
In Table 126 below, we report the yearly distribution of dissents in
Yesterday, we reviewed the California Supreme Court’s experience with amicus curiae briefs in civil cases between 2008 and 2015. Today, we conclude this topic with a review of the Court’s criminal cases during the same years.
Just as was true for the years 2000 to 2007, amicus briefs have been nowhere near as commonplace in
Last week, we began our analysis of a new issue, tracking the California Supreme Court’s considerable experience with amicus curiae briefs in both civil and criminal cases. Last week, we covered the years 2000 through 2007. Today, we turn our attention to civil cases from 2008 to 2015.
In Table 122, we report the total
Yesterday, we began a detailed look at the California Supreme Court’s extensive experience with amicus curiae briefs, beginning with civil cases between 2000 and 2007. Today, we turn our attention to the Court’s less extensive experience with amicus briefs in criminal cases.
In Table 120 below, we report the total number of amicus briefs accepted